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That decision is above my pay grade. But, adding links to a PDF is definitely polishing a turd. USAF needs to throw $$ at developing better ways for aircrew to interact with their checklist in parallel so that the day paper dies we're ready with a suitable replacement.

Not true. ADS-B out is coming to the F-16, SPO has been working if for a while.

Plugging into the jet or to something else (per, stratus Puck, etc) is Phase 2. Right now it's a matter of risk acceptance for both maneuvering (will the knee board holding the projectile do its job) and ejection (same). And the baseline question of - can the pilot do his or her job safely without paper. There's a whole Airworthiness process and human factors evaluation that each new widget on an aircraft has to go through before getting approved. Now that I work at a SPO I am slowly starting to understand this side of the effort to keep the aircraft in the air and mission effective. I'm unsure about the status of Acronis, I hadn't heard anything definite, but I have been out of the office for most of Nov so maybe it did get shut down.

ACC bought 9,000 ipad minis, to issue two per pilot. I know the F-16 checklists are now EFB-friendly, but still waiting on the SPO to issue the safe to fly MFR to ACC. That should happen before the end of the year. The 1067 mentioned that NGA a as planning to stop producing paper FLIP in the FY19 timeframe. So if your community isn't paperless yet, it'll be forced that way before long. Better to be prepared than keep heads in the sand.

There are several Army Os who have come over to Rescue and made O-5. If you don't want to go through all of UPT, then you'll come to helos. I am unsure if you'd even be considered for FW if you aren't hired by a Guard or Reserve unit. There's another thread in the General Discussion board where some former Army Bubbas are known to frequent and can provide better words.

CSR is $450 (so $100 cheaper than AMEX Plat), comes with SPG Gold, which means you get Marriott Gold, $100 GE credit, $300 travel credit, Priority Pass. So in the years you don't use the GE credit, the card is still only $150 annual fee after the $300 travel expense credit. Plus I think the Ultimate Rewards points go farther. But that's just me. I have the best of both worlds because I'm also an additional cardholder on a family member's AMEX Plat.

Like busdriver said, if the move to AFSOC is going to make sense, it needs to be all-in instead of halvsies like last time. I too have sat alert for SOF missions, in multiple theaters. And I was in Pakistan in 06 when we got a call on the satphone to take off our AFSOC patches...

Huggy, my record was 5 years from 847 submission to fruition. Of course, now I'm on the flip side of that coin as an FMM... crew canopy cords mask harness crouch dive pull #frommemory

Marty are you licensed in UT yet?

Yes, I'm in the know. No, I'm not speaking to any of that shit. Where are your troops and can I count them?

it's ABQ. The TV show COPS originated there. Nob Hill is between Central and the airport. Your distance north from I-40 is inversely proportional to the amount of crime you may personally experience. Nob Hill and UMN are close enough to the turd they get spill-over.

where's this cheapo lodging? If it's south of I-40, you may want to re-evaluate your options, or resign yourself to getting your vehicle broken into or stolen.

we AF peeps call it an ADSC (c for commitment); we understand the concept, just the acronym was different.

Also, with a baby, you could probably throw out the crew rest card. You won't be afforded the opportunity for 8 hours of uninterrupted crew rest with only a 1 bedroom TLF...

There will ALWAYS be people who want to, or don't mind living in, places that would seem less desirable to many others. Case in point, Mother Rucker.

badly damaged enough that I've heard they're writing it off...

gathering options to present to a customer. Had an interesting brief/demo today from one such company, might be the one you're referring to.

He certainly slipped the surly bonds of earth. A Toast...

Can you find out specifics on the filter?

PM sent. I found this list on a Navy document (thanks CNATRA for posting things online): a. WAMCO P/N FPDC212-IPM-002 for iPad Mini b. KORRY NIGHTSHIELD P/N 50051-001 for iPad Mini Would be curious to see what the AATC folks came up with.

it's not my iPad, it's for the F-16. Is Invert Colors truly NVIS compatible? Otherwise it's just a short-term work-around to a long-term problem. And I'm looking for the long-term solution. But thanks for the suggestion!

For communities with EFBs, and who fly with them at night on NVGs: 1. Do you have an NVIS-compatible filter for your EFB? 2. If so, who made it/where was it procured? Looking for an NVIS filter film/glass of some sort for iPad minis that won't negate the touch screen capes. I assume there's already a govt-approved solution out there, so please share what you know.

I wish (native Austinite here)! I remember visiting Bergstrom when I was in middle school before it got BRAC'd. Now it's the international airport...so that won't work either.

You mean Mesa Gateway Airport?

lol. Ramp's full at Moody. The space once occupied by the T-6s and T-38s is occupied by A-10s and A-39s. Airspace is also full. Pipe dream for someone at AFPC, methinks.